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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1898
Page
6
The Stutgart Free Press urges residents to back local newspapers, noting the value of home publications in reporting births, marriages, deaths, and town news, and defending the town’s good name. It cites a Pine Bluff Graphic canvassing for work with no result yet.
A Good Show Coming brings the Lilliputian troupe to Mena on Friday April 15 for two performances at 2 and 8 pm. The act features Bollivar the 4 year old, 27 inch high horse, trained ponies, dogs, bears, a monkey, aerialists and clowns in a full family entertainment under the big tent. Admission is generally for ladies and children with limited male entry at the door.
A Georgia man once convict ed of murder is exonerated by a coroner s jury after a terror tale from neighbors. A Kansas war veteran seeks a divorce after his wife calls him names and mocks his return, and the judge grants the decree noting the court also served in the war.
An advertising snippet touts The Light of the World or Our Savior Art as costing over 100000 to publish and featuring nearly 200 full page engravings by great masters. It claims the book embodies the life of Christ and showcases masters’ ideals, with agents taking three to twenty orders daily.
A new art book, praised for its beauty, reports editions and rapid sales. It touts reproductions from major European galleries and notes talks of making buyers wealthy through its success. Also offers office positions and agent correspondence in Chicago. A Baptist association district meeting notice follows with sermon and discussion topics.
Seed potatoes for sale by E. Willman, located one half block northeast of the freight depot. Available for purchase at 12 to 4 o'clock.
A postal offering from The Geo. P. Rowell Advertising Co. presenting a two hundred page book cataloguing about six thousand newspapers with 7000+ copies issued, plus state maps showing towns with papers over 1000 circulation. December 15, 1897 issue, postage paid for one dollar.
A historical price list shows items with bulk quantities and prices including Arbuckle coffee nine pounds for one dollar, navy beans thirty pounds for one dollar, U. S. sugar twenty pounds for three dollars, steel nails thirty pounds for one dollar, dyes and cloths by the yard, and tools such as an axe for sixty cents and heavy traces.
The Rochester seedmen James Vick's Sons ship quality seeds and plants quickly with careful packing. An order for seeds and plants arrived by express in short time, with roses and plants arriving fresh and in excellent condition. The notice promotes St. Louis & San Francisco railroad as the direct through car route to Southwest Missouri and beyond, highlighting double daily vestibuled trains and Harvey dining halls with ticket agent contact in St. Louis, Missouri.
A Me na Jewelry Store notice offers solid gold rings silverware watches clocks eye glasses chains charms and many other jewelry items. It highlights a full repair department and custom work plus buying old gold or silver at market price and cash for good watches or jewelry.
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